Reversible stove



L. MOORE ET AL Y uct 30,1928. y 1,689,447

REVERS IBLE STOVE Filed Nov. 2, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

4UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS MOORE AND CLAUDE M. DBBLE, OF JOLET, LLNOIS, .ASSIGNORS TO MOORE BROTHERS COMPANY, OFJOLIET, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. i

REVERSIBLE STOVE.

Application filed November This invention relates in general tore/versible stoves and while the invention is hereinafter more fully explained in connection with an electric stove, it will be manifest that other heating mediums mayreadily be en'iployed, as, ior example, gas or oil.

A principal object of the present invention is the provision oi a stove having the usual burner box for open cooking and having also oven and broiler parts which n'xay be installed at will as a vright or le'lt hand stove, or may have its parts separated and located in different parts of the same kitchen, all as particular conditions and space arrangement render desirable.

Another important object of the invention is the provision of a stove constructed off two divisible units as the burner box, as one unit7 and the oven and broiler, as a second, which may be erected in desired right or left hand stove assembly without need of providing a iixed trame for the purpose and which on the other handV will merely require that the two parts be connected together in simple fashion and the whole supported upon legs attached directly to the exposed corners or ends oi the assembly.

Another important object of the invention is the provision ol' means for providing heating medium, which will be easily adapted to all of the arrangements ot which the construction is capable.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereoti.

Referring to the drawings, Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view taken trom. the rear otI an electric. stove in which our invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken 'from the liront and with the parts as yet unconnected; and l Fig. 3 is a detail section showing the connection between the lower portions oit the ad- `iacent 'faces ol" the arranged parts.

For the purpose oli illustrating` our invention, we have shown on the drawing two separate stove parts indicated by reference characters llv and 12. The part 1l is a combined oven and broiler part, which may have any usual or preferred construction, and the part l2 .similarly is a burner box part having the 2, 1925. Serial N0. 66,243.

usual open burners l'and warming shelf ll. Each of these parts is complete in itself and is provided at its bottom with a relatively heavy band or reinforcing member l5. Each said Vpart is constructed for attachment to a similar portion `of the band oi the companion part at each corner and to suitable stove legs or to suitable stove legs only.

lf his provision for the oining` of the stove parts to each other or to the legs consists in two apertures 1G arranged on each face adjacent thecorner. stove legs are indicated at 17 of any usual or preilerred construction, adapted, however, tor engagement with tour openings 16 at acorner, two of such openings as has been mentioned being located at the meet-ing faces of the stove. Bolts 18, as indicated in Fig. 8, are provided to hold either the stove legs or the stove parts together when arranged 'through registered openings 16.

The parts are arranged in Fig. 2 to be assembled into a .right hand oven stove. This is accomplished by bringing the two parts so that the exposed side faces oi' the part 1l is in contact with the. hidden side face of the part 12. The bolts 18 are then arranged through the openings 16 which are then brought into alinement and thus screwed home. The legs are attached in the usual manner, the bolts extending through the opening 1G atthe four corners of the resulting assemblage.

The stove may be reversed so that the burner box is to the right ofthe oven part by removing all the bolts mentioned and bringing the exposed side face ot the burner box up against the hidden side face of the oven part; bolts threaded through tbe alined openings, then will permit oit the tight assen'iblage ol" the unit in the opposite or reversed relation olf its parts. Similarly then the legs may be positioned upon the exposed corners of the resulting assembly to support the stove in service. 1

It is thought unnecessary to fasten the' adjacent stove sides to each other except at the bottom because the arrangement ofthe. legs on the two parts at their outer sides tends to bring the tops of the parts into tight engage-v ment by gravity and the tension upon the bolt-s extending through the openings 16 is all that is needed to rigidly assemble the construction. Ot course. other andadditional fastening means may be employed it desired.-

Each one oit these stove pa.

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structed therefore as to permit of the arrangement ot i'our legs foreach part and their separate erection in diiierent parts of the same room or, for thatmatter, in different localities entirely, merely by attaching tour sup ports to the corner oi' the particular stove part in the manner already described for attaching them attivo corners.

The stove shown on the drawings oit this application employs electricity as a heating medium and We have shown upon the back or" each stove part. a connection boi; 2l having openings 22 at each side or end thereof. A connector conduit 23 may extend bet-Ween these connection boxes when thestove is erected and carry the Wires 24% supplying electricity vfrom the one part to the other. Then the stove is reversed, the conduit 23 may extend out from the lefthand opening 22 ot the present lefthand connection box into the righthand opening 22 of the righthand connection box, or when the stove parts are use-d separately separate supply lines can go to the two connection boxes.

t is thought that the invention and many oi' its attendant advantages Will. be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement ot the parts Without departing trom the spirit and scope ot the invention or sacrilicing all oi' its material advantages, the form hereinbei'ore described being nearly a preferred embodiment thereof,

-We claim:

l. A stove, comprising` a combined oven section and a burner box section, said sect-ions being formed for reversible adjacent arrangement, and means arranged at the opposite sides o't each section for securing adjacent iaces of said parts together to combine the sections into a unitary stove construction, said means being also adapted for attaching supporting legs to said sections.

2. A stove, comprising a combined oven part and a burner box part, said parts being adapted for reversible side by side arrangement, and means in each part tor securing said parts together, said means also providing for the attachment of supporting legs to said parts.

3. A stove, comprising` a combined oven part and a burner box part, said parts being adapted to be reversibly arranged in adjacent relationship and having separate support bases, means tor supporting attaching meinbers to the corners of said bases, said means being arranged in the ends oit a saidbase and providing means for securing adjacent faces oi' said parts together to provide a. rigid unit stove assembly.

la A stove, comprising a combined oven part, and a burner box part adapted to be reversibly arranged .in adjacent relationship, means in both parts tor attaching either ot' said parts upon either side of the coliipanion part, said means being adapted to attach legs at the exposed ends ot said parts.

5. A stove, comprising a combined oven part, and a burner box part adapted to be reversibly arranged in adjacent relationship, each said part having a separate supporting base forming a part of the section, cach said base having` means arranged at the corners ot the supporting base tor attaching stove legs or for attaching the base to its companion.

6. A stove,y comprising a combined oven part and a burner box part adapted to bc reversibly arranged in adjacent relationship, means arranged on each sain part at the corners thereof providing tor the attachment of legs for separately supporting each part, said means j )roviding for securing said parts together when arranged in adjacent relationship, one part being arrangeable on either side oi" the companion part to provide a unit combination stove having tour legs arranged atthe exposed corners ot the tivo parts to support the combined stove as a single stove assembly.

7. A stove, comprising a combined oven part and a burner box part adapted to be reversibly arranged in adjacent relationship, means in each part for attaching a sa-id part upon either side et its companion part, each said part being supplied with a heating mcdimn supply circuit including control means, and means adapted tor interconnecting said supply circuits for both adjacent arrangements of said parts.

8. A stove, comprising a combined oven part and a burner box part adapted to be reversibly arranged in adjacent relationship, each said part being provided with a heating medimn supply means includingan inlet and reversible pipe for interconnecting said inlets tor both adjacent arrangements ot said parts.

LEVIS llOOI-lil. CLAUDE M. DBBLE. 

